Marin Hall of Fame women to be honored in San Rafael ceremony
While their work spans from environmentalism to conservation efforts to advocating for and working with children, these five women have one thing in common: they will be inducted into the Marin Women’s Hall of Fame this week.
The honorees are Cyane Dandridge, executive director of Strategic Energy Innovations; Wendy Dreskin, who spearheaded the Junior Botanist Program and Junior Bird Watcher program; Jane Kramer, the founder and executive director of Enriching Lives through Music; Trisha Garlock, co-founder of the Mill Valley schools foundation Kiddo, and Patricia Arrigoni, co-founder of the Marine Mammal Center.
The annual induction and celebration dinner is at 5 p.m. March 29 at the Peacock Gap Golf Club in San Rafael.
Since 1987, more than 140 women have been named to the Marin Women’s Hall of Fame — a project of the YWCA San Francisco and Marin — for their work and accomplishments that shape the life, culture and landscape of the county.
As executive director of nonprofit Strategic Energy Innovations, Dandridge works to educate the public about climate change, support environmental stewardship projects and make affordable housing more energy-efficient. In 2011, she created the Marin School of Environmental Leadership to inspire and foster the next generation of environmental leaders.
For decades, Dreskin, a lifelong naturalist, has encouraged people of all ages to connect to and learn about the environment. The IJ hiking columnist spearheaded the Junior Botanist Program and Junior Bird Watcher program, which have reached thousands of Marin elementary school students, has led the College of Marin nature/hiking class Meandering in Marin since 1998 and teaches other classes to adults and children.
Kramer wants children to “compose their own lives.” She founded and is the executive director of Enriching Lives through Music, the full scholarship, multi-year, music program in the Canal neighborhood, which provides instruments, classes and performance opportunities to children.
Since Garlock co-founded Kiddo, the Mill Valley Schools Community Foundation, in 1982, the nonprofit has raised tens of millions of dollars for students to have access to art, music, drama, poetry, dance and physical education programs, as well as technology support, teacher grants, classroom and library aides. After serving as executive director of Kiddo for 32 years, she now is president of SchoolsRule-Marin.
Arrigoni is one of the founders of the Marine Mammal Center, a nonprofit veterinary research hospital and educational center, which since 1975 has rescued, rehabilitated and released marine mammals, as well as educated the public about environmentalism. She spends her time volunteering for various conservation organizations and spearheading local conservation efforts. She’s written multiple books including one about the center, “The Marine Mammal Center, How it all Began.”
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